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In this article we’d like to explain what purpose ecolabels serve, why product names shouldn’t be mistaken as ecolabels and how public institutions and civil society can help empower energy consumers.
We are happy to announce that our contribution to projects fighting energy poverty has exceeded 1,000,000 €! For each MWh of EKOenergy consumption, 0.10 € goes to our Climate Fund. With these contributions, we finance new renewable energy projects in developing countries. These projects change lives by improving access to reliable, clean energy and bring …
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L’Arbre à Café is a coffee roastery that imports its specialty coffees directly from farmers and does the roasting in Paris using EKOenergy-labelled gas. L’Arbre à Café‘s coffees come from sustainable, regenerative agriculture and diversified forests, and are sold online and in its two Parisian shops. We asked Hippolyte Courty, founder of L’Arbre à Café, …
L’Arbre à Café roasts their coffees with EKOenergy-labelled renewable gas Read More »
Fighting energy poverty All consumers of EKOenergy-labelled energy contribute to EKOenergy’s Climate Fund. Through our Climate Fund, we finance renewable energy projects in developing countries. This way, EKOenergy helps tackle energy poverty and contributes to the realisation of multiple Sustainable Development Goals. Earlier this year, we organised an open call for projects and with the …
This year the EKOenergy Environmental fund will use 18,500 € to finance a river restoration project on the Schnegaer Mühlenbach, a stream in Lower Saxony, Germany. The project aims to add ca. 600 tons of gravel to the river, placed strategically in order to accelerate water flow and thereby restore the aquatic ecosystem. The restoration was …
Enabling the uptake of solar energy in Nepal All consumers of EKOenergy-labelled energy contribute to EKOenergy’s Climate Fund. Through our Climate Fund, we finance renewable energy projects in developing countries. This way, EKOenergy helps tackle energy poverty and contributes to the realisation of multiple Sustainable Development Goals. Earlier this year, we organised an open call …
Thanks to consumers of EKOenergy-labelled energy, EKOenergy’s Climate Fund supports renewable energy projects in developing countries. These initiatives focus on realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We have now decided to grant 45,000 € from our Climate Fund to 4 more projects, these 4 being solar energy projects in Mali. The new projects have been …
EKOenergy co-finances 4 solar energy projects in Mali Read More »
L’importador de vehicles Toyota i Lexus en els tres països bàltics, Toyota Baltic AS, ha escollit EKOenergia per al seu consum en la seva seu situada a Tallinn, Estònia! Entrevistem a en Marek Maide, Director General de la Divisió de Màrqueting de Toyota Baltic AS, per a saber més sobre els objectius de sostenibilitat de Toyota, com veuen el seu paper en la transició energètica …
Toyota Baltic AS utilitza electricitat renovable etiquetada per EKOenergia Read More »
We’re always thankful to all our licensed sellers for offering EKOenergy-labelled energy all around the world. As we earlier announced, we have decided to highlight our licensees’ efforts digitally and to celebrate their work on our social media platforms. We proudly announce that this year’s EKOenergy Bamboo Award goes to Nordic Green Energy Sweden! What …
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We’re always thankful to all our licensed sellers for offering EKOenergy-labelled energy all around the world. As we earlier announced, we have decided to highlight EKOenergy licensees’ efforts digitally and to celebrate their work on our social media platforms. We proudly announce that this year’s EKOenergy Ivy Award goes to ForGreen, the Italian energy supplier …
Ritex, una empresa alemanya productora de condons i lubricants, ha començat a utilitzar electricitat etiquetada amb EKOenergia, incorporant el logo d’EKOenergia en la seva nova gamma de productes PRO NATURE. Els vam fer algunes preguntes sobre aquest recent projecte, per saber més sobre el seu enfocament en la sostenibilitat i què els va portar a triar l’electricitat …
Ritex, productor alemany de preservatius, usa EKOenergia Read More »
Energia solar per Myanmar Gràcies a les contribucions dels usuaris d’EKOenergia a tot el món, podem finançar projectes d’energia renovable que no tindrien lloc sense la nostra ajuda. A principis d’aquest any vam anunciar una convocatòria de projectes i ara estem seleccionant les propostes més prometedores i amb un major impacte, amb l’ajuda d’un jurat independent. …
El segon projecte del Fons Climàtic de 2020: Microxarxes solars per a Myanmar Read More »
Fundada el 2018, actualment inclou més de 500 empreses italianes Energia agrícola origen-a-consumidor és la primera comunitat de granges italianes que utilitza energia 100% renovable i sostenible amb l’etiqueta EKOenergia. Inaugurada el 2018, gràcies a la col·laboració entre Coldiretti i ForGreen Spa Società Benefit, el projecte té per objecte sensibilitzar i fomentar la difusió d’informació sobre l’ús de l’energia renovable. …
Earlier this year, EKOenergy and the Siemenpuu Foundation organised a joint call for solar energy projects in Mali, Myanmar and Nepal. We are happy to announce that this process has now resulted in the selection of a first project. Together we are granting 70,000 euro to the project “Solar electrification of a village and promoting …
More solar energy for Nepal, thanks to users of EKOenergy Read More »
